Fritzenburg Castle
| Fritzenburg Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Warthausen Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Warthausen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 8 '17.2 " N , 9 ° 47' 16.4" E | |
| Height: | 550 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Fritz Burg , also Burgwart Hausen called, is an Outbound hilltop castle on a mountain corner at 550 m above sea level. NN above the Riss valley 4300 meters north of the district town of Biberach in the municipality of Warthausen in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was probably built at the end of the 12th century and was owned by the Lords of Warthausen. Only the remains of a wall and a ditch can be seen of the former castle complex .
literature
- Julius Naeher : Castle studies for the southwest German area. Süddeutsche Verlagsanstalt, Munich 1901 (Unchanged reprint. Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main 1979, ISBN 3-8035-1007-4 ).
- Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district. Vol. 9, special issue 1, ISSN 1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, p. 43.